id: 154724 accession number: 1989.309 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.309 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:38.191000 Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35). Porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration; overall: 4 x 7.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.309 title: Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1723–35 creation date earliest: 1723 creation date latest: 1735 current location: 240B Chinese Decorative Arts creditline: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35) technique: porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 4 x 7.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection opening date: 1990-07-05T04:00:00 The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Frederick T. Fuller date: footnotes: citations: (Christie's, London, June 28, 1965, no. 21) date: June 28, 1965 footnotes: citations: (John Sparks, Ltd., London, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) date: 1965 footnotes: citations: Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1965-1989 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1989- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: An auspicious lingzhi mushroom was painted on the base. digital description: wall description: The painted decoration in this box cover provides an interesting image of the antiquities and objects being collected in the Chinese scholar’s desk—all of which are emblems of taste, status, and affluence. Connoisseurship, art cataloguing, art historical study, and elegant social gatherings developed alongside art collecting as part of the Chinese literati culture. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. page number: Mentioned: p. 76, no. 85 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.309/1989.309_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.309/1989.309_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.309/1989.309_full.tif